At least 132 people have been killed during a deadly police operation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, according to the latest tally released Wednesday by the Rio de Janeiro public prosecutor’s office. Among the people killed are 4 police officers, according to Reuters.
🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro is on lockdown: 64 killed and 81 arrested in Brazil’s largest-ever anti-cartel operation
A massive police operation against the far-left Comando Vermelho (Red Command) cartel in Rio de Janeiro state lasted through the night.
The city is now under lockdown.… pic.twitter.com/zJy8vlXdGz
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 29, 2025
The police operation against organized crime took place yesterday in the state of Rio and according to the police 113 have been arrested.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is surprised by the death toll in the operation and the fact that the government was not informed, according to the country’s justice minister, as reported by Reuters.
More than 40 bodies were lying early this morning on a street in the Penja favela complex in Rio de Janeiro, according to an eyewitness who spoke to Reuters.
The bodies were carried to the street by residents looking for their missing relatives after the operation, according to eyewitnesses.
🇧🇷 A war has erupted between authorities and drug cartels in Brazil — dozens killed in the country’s largest armed confrontation in decades
In Rio de Janeiro, around 2,500 police officers and special forces stormed areas near the international airport — key strongholds of the… pic.twitter.com/fcn7XXMAAM
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 28, 2025
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